Head of Engineering Transformation in Poole, Dorset

The RNLI is a charity that provides a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service, seasonal lifeguards, and water safety education and initiatives. Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards need a dedicated, professional and talented team behind them, and that is where you come in. This is your chance to join that team and help save lives every day.

We are looking for an inspiring and experienced Head of Engineering Transformation to join us in supporting the whole organisation to transform the engineering output of the organisation and generate significant progress against the high-level strategic goal of modernising our lifesaving assets and property estate.

Some of the benefits:

• Hybrid and Flexible working options
• 26 days annual leave plus 8 Bank Holidays (increases with service)
• Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)
• Life assurance
• Health and dental cashplan option

Your Role:

As Head of Engineering Transformation, you will be responsible for all aspects of new product development within the directorate. You will be responsible for the end-to-end New Product Introduction (NPI) process, from initially liaising with the customer through to delivery of production ready solutions including all relevant paperwork and certification.

This new role will form a part of our Engineering and Supply (ES) Department Senior Leadership Team. The ES Department design, build, supply, support and maintain the RNLI's buildings, boats and equipment to help save lives and keep our people safe. Together, their vision is to deliver trusted, sustainable solutions to bring our people home safely. This will be achieved by empowering people to be the best they can be and embracing data, innovative thinking and technology to continually improve reliability, safety and availability.

About You:

We are looking for someone with excellent, proven experience in a similar role, ideally from a marine or engineering environment. To be considered as our new Head of Engineering Transformation, you will also need to be able to demonstrate:

• Significant experience of business and product development, introducing appropriate processes, structures and measures of success
• Proven experience in formulating annual business plans, monitoring and reporting
• Significant experience in driving improvement and delivering results against clear and measurable targets and standards
• Experience of leading, managing, developing and/or motivating multi-disciplinary teams and collaborating across a variety of stakeholders
• Experience of change leadership and delivering programmes/projects across a diverse range of stakeholders
• Chartered Engineer (CEng), Engineering Degree

Finally, it goes without saying that you will share our passion for saving lives. This complex and demanding job requires an experienced leader who is used to being targeted and delivering exceptional results. In return, you will be part of an extraordinary team and have the satisfaction of playing a significant role in driving forward the business of the RNLI: saving lives at sea.

Safeguarding:

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person's health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role.

Diversity at the RNLI:

Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.